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The economy of Omaha, Nebraska has served as a major commercial hub in the Midwestern United States since its founding in 1854. Dubbed the "Motor Mouth City" by ''The New York Times'',〔Feder, J. ("Omaha: Talk, Talk, Talk of Telemarketing", ) ''The New York Times.'' July 21, 1991. Retrieved 4/1/08.〕 Omaha is widely regarded as the telecommunications capital of the United States. The city's economy includes agriculture, food processing, insurance, transportation, healthcare and education. Warren Buffett of Berkshire Hathaway has lived in Omaha all of his life, as have the ConAgra Foods, Union Pacific Railroad and Mutual of Omaha Companies, all Fortune 500 corporations.〔("Omaha, Nebraska: The Good Life" ), Creighton University. Retrieved April 1, 2008.〕 According to the Nebraska Department of Labor, in March 2008 the unemployment rate in Omaha was 3.9 percent. Between 2000 and 2005 Omaha's job growth was 0.70 percent. In 2006 the sales tax rate was seven percent, with income tax at 6.68 percent. That same year the median family income was $56,869, with a 1.80 percent housing price gain.〔("Best places to live 2006: Omaha, Nebraska" ), ''Money''. Retrieved April 1, 2008.〕 In September 2007 the city ranked eighth among the 50 largest cities in the United States in both per-capita billionaires and Fortune 500 companies. According to ''USA Today'', no other city in the country could claim a ranking as high as Omaha on both lists. The paper identified the richest residents of Omaha as Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, worth $1.5 billion; Walter Scott of Peter Kiewit Sons, worth $1.2 billion; and Warren Buffett, then valued by ''Forbes'' magazine at $44 billion. The city ranks fourteenth among the states for philanthropic giving, according to the ''Catalogue of Philanthropy''.〔Piersol, D. (2007) ("Deeper pockets" ), ''Lincoln Journal-Star''. Retrieved 4/1/08.〕 ==Historic economic sectors and industries== In the years after the founding of Omaha, the city's economy grew in cycles. Early success as a transportation hub drew a variety of economic sectors to the downtown area. The early warehousing area was located next to the Missouri River, drawings good from steamboats coming upriver from Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri, as well as points east. The Union Pacific Railroad has been headquartered in Omaha since its inception, eventually bringing the meatpacking, stockyard, and regional brewing companies to the city. The American Smelting and Refining Company owned a large plant on the Omaha riverfront from 1881 into the 1990s, when the Environmental Protection Agency forced it to close. Omaha has a long history of labor unrest and conflict between management and workers. As a long-time open shop the city gained the reputation for actively breaking unions; however, with the loss of large-scale railroad operations and meat production, the labor-driven protests, rioting and civil unrest of the past appears to be gone. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Economy of Omaha, Nebraska」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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